The latest issue of the Yale Law Journal… [more] contains a supremely sane and caustic attack by Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on the tendency of
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Death to Needlessly Prolix Citation Guides – Judge Posner's Alternative
by Simon Chester
January 27th, 2011
Just A Click Away, a Canada-wide initiative on public legal education and information (PLEI) being coordinated by Courthouse Libraries BC, is organizing a two-day intensive conference in Vancouver, British Columbia… [more]
People have expressed concern about behavioural advertising, in which advertisers watch what one does online in order to send out ads that are likely to appeal to the person watched.… [more]
On Tuesday, in a decision called Kaptyn v. Kaptyn… [more], Justice D.M. Brown strongly criticized virtually all parties involved in an estate dispute, who collectively claimed $4.4 million in costs
To follow up on a previous Slaw blog post on proposed Quebec regulations to better control who may provide provincial immigration services to immigrants. As of February 2, 2011, only… [more]
Change This Setting to Make Hacking Your Facebook Account More Difficult
by Dan Pinnington
January 27th, 2011
From an announcement on the Facebook blog yesterday, Facebook has taken a big step to make your Facebook browsing experience far safer. I suspect this at least in part because… [more]
Brian Coldin, a naturist and owner of a nude resort in Barrie, Ontario, considers clothing optional even in public places. Coldin has launched a constitutional challenge of the Criminal Code… [more]
Unicode 6.0.0… [more]
Unicode 6.0.0 was released on October 11, 2010. Mainstream journalists didn't take much notice, if the results of a search for "Unicode Consortium" in the Google News Archive
Nova Scotia CA Opines on Scope of Employers' Right to Address Off-Duty Conduct
by Dan Michaluk
January 26th, 2011
When can a unionized employer discipline an employee for off-duty conduct?
This question is age-old, but is particularly relevant today given the frequency of disputes about off-duty internet expression. The… [more]
I just finished listening to another IT-Can teleconference on the anti-spam act, this one presented by Barry Sookman and Lorne Salzman of McCarthy Tetrault. For those wanting more detail, slides… [more]
Thanks to a post in the Legal Skills Blog, I was directed to a recent article [PDF] in the Michigan Bar Journal in which Professor Joseph Kimble parses the current… [more]
Why Is There Such a Dearth of Reporting on the Legal Publishing Industry Outside North America ?
by Sean Hocking
January 26th, 2011
In what seems like another age I wondered about the same question and decided to start publishing an online newsletter that most readers of this article will be aware of,… [more]
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Available online today are four new chapters of the publication Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, which explores the socio-demographic and economic circumstances of Canadian women in general.
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The bill amends the Constitution Act, 1867 by readjusting the number of members and the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons.
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Moody died on December 3, 2005, leaving four adult children. Pursuant to Moody’s will two of her children, James and Tyrell, were appointed executors of the estate. It was alleged that, during her ...
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